About the bake
These traditional buttery and crisp biscuits keep well in a tin for 3-4 days - if you can save them that long. If you're feeling super indulgent, why not try out our chocolate dipped cornish fairings recipe.
Method
Step 1:
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4). Line 2 baking trays with baking parchment.
Step 2:
Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a pan over a low heat.
Step 3:
Sift the flour, ginger, mixed spice, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda and a pinch of salt together into a bowl, then tip in the melted butter mixture and gently stir to form a smooth dough.
Step 4:
Place heaped teaspoonfuls of the mixture on to baking sheets, about 3cm apart to allow room for them to spread. Flatten slightly with a knife.
Step 5:
Bake for 8-10 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool and harden on the baking tray for 10 minutes before cooling.
Ingredients
- 100g Butter (unsalted) (room temperature)
- 100g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 2 tbsp Silver Spoon Golden Syrup
- 175g Allinson's Self-Raising White Flour
- 2 tsp Ginger (ground)
- 0.5 tsp Mixed spice (ground)
- 0.5 tsp Cinnamon (ground)
- 0.5 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- Pinch Salt
Nutritional Information
per 20g- 105cal Energy
- 4.7g Fat
- 2.9g of which Saturates
- 14g Carbohydrates
- 7.4g of which Sugars
- 1g Protein
- 0.28g Salt
Recipe Reviews
Lovely texture
Study group appreciated chewy melt in mouth taste and warmth of spices Excellent recipe
Cathy
Cromwell
Central Otago
New Zealand
As someone else mentioned, this batter was too runny. I checked against other Cornish Fairing recipes and it seems low on flour so I added extra which made it at least possible to have a more biscuity shape. In future I will also try alternative method I've seen where they are made with rubbing butter into dry ingredients rather than melting. Flavour is fab
It was incredible,it took me half an hour and turned out vet delicious. Will be a regular bake.
Never made Cornish fairings before. Very quickly and easy to ‘rustle up’. Nice and crisp, and I like the gingery warmth. Next time, I’ll reduce the sugar slightly.
Delicious- quick and easy to make
I'm really pleased with how they turned out: very tasty. It will definitely be a regular bake.
Ingredients
- 100g Butter (unsalted) (room temperature)
- 100g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 2 tbsp Silver Spoon Golden Syrup
- 175g Allinson's Self-Raising White Flour
- 2 tsp Ginger (ground)
- 0.5 tsp Mixed spice (ground)
- 0.5 tsp Cinnamon (ground)
- 0.5 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- Pinch Salt
Nutritional Information
per 20g- 105cal Energy
- 4.7g Fat
- 2.9g of which Saturates
- 14g Carbohydrates
- 7.4g of which Sugars
- 1g Protein
- 0.28g Salt